The National Hot Rod Association is negotiating with the Gila River Indian Community to continue professional drag racing at Firebird International Raceway in 2014, despite reports Thursday that the track will close in April.

POMONA, Calif. Antron Brown clinched the Top Fuel championship, his first and the first major motorsports series championship by a Black driver, in white-knuckle fashion when teammate Tony Schumacher fell one round short of overhauling his lead during final eliminations at the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals.